Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Thanks to all Daily Constitutionalists for reading in 2013 – and to all London Walkers for joining us "Out There". Here's our 2013 in 12 snaps…

In JANUARY we met a Butler's Wharf snowman…

In FEBRUARY North London lovers said it with snow…

In MARCH we set the clocks forward and used this, er, "retro" example in Green Street, East London to mark the occasion…

In APRIL we found these Rock'n'Roll dreamers on the Charing Cross Road…

In May Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich contested the Champions' League Final at Wembley, and what jolly guests they all were…

In JUNE David captured these Globe actors taking what older Aussies once called a "smoko"…

In JULY the Daleks invaded the Somewhere Else London Walk…

In AUGUST the F.A Cup began and, far from the maddening millionaires of the Premier League we paid a visit to homely Cockfosters F.C…

In SEPTEMBER we came upon a film set in Lambeth, a gap in a terrace mocked-up to look like a WWII bomb site…

In OCTOBER Daily Constitutionalist David Moore brought the plight of Camden buskers threatened with a ban to our attention with this shot of comedians Bill Bailey and Mark Thomas flanking The Bard of Barking, Billy Bragg…

In NOVEMBER we walked the Regent's Canal in East London and escaped all the early (TOO early!) Xmas decorations…

In DECEMBER we shared this picture – by Alex Pink – to draw attention to more demolition in the East End. If you haven't yet made a New Year's Resolution, perhaps it can be this: join the East End Preservation Society. Their Facebook page is HERE. Happy New Year when it comes!

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

Monday, 30 December 2013

Monday is mute
on the London Walks
Blog (well, almost mute) – because Monday is the day when we post
five images captured in and around London by London Walks Guides, London
Walkers and Facebook friends. Collated on a theme or an area, if you've got
some great shots of our capital and want to join in send your pictures to the usual
address.

Sunday, 29 December 2013

… and they show some
great period detail and old shop fronts that are scheduled for demolition by
Tower Hamlets Council.

You can view the plans
and register any objections at the Tower Hamlets website HERE. (Click the “Comment on Application” link near the top of the page or the "Make a General Comment" link near the bottom of the page to register
any complaint with the plan.)

You can follow the
East End Preservation Society on Facebook HERE. They are doing great work.

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

We hope you had a fantastic Christmas Day! We're out and about with our usual schedule of walking tours tomorrow, Boxing Day, including…

… the Kensington Walk at 2.00pm from High Street Kensington Station. For the full schedule, click HERE.A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.

Monday is mute
on the London Walks
Blog (well, almost mute) – because Monday – Tuesday for Christmas! – is the day when we post
five – twelve for Christmas! –images captured in and around London by London Walks Guides, London Walkers
and Facebook friends. Collated on a theme or an area, if you've got some great
shots of our capital and want to join in send your pictures to the usual
address.

We're playing fast and loose with the Twelve Days of Christmas…

PEAR TREE Court in Clerkenwell

Short of TURTLE DOVES in our old town, how about a grubby Cockney pigeon instead?

We're pretty sure that's a FRENCH HEN on this pub at Haverstock Hill

What is a COLLY BIRD anyhoo? Will a Kensington Flamingo suffice?

Three Olympic Games, more than any other city. Worthy of FIVE GIOLD RINGS we'd say

North London GEESE at Waterlow Park

SWANS by the river (oh, and a large Canary behind)

MAIDS A MILKING at Holborn?

LADIES DANCING at Wembley

They're from Westminster, they may well be LORDS and they're definitely A-LEAPING

PIPES are outlawed on the Underground, even if you are Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street

Of all the DRUMMERS DRUMMING we know of only one with a plaque – Keith Moon at the old Marquee Club on Wardour Street

A
London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your
guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all
London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.